| Author | Message | ||
     Mr_grumpy |
You never finish a roll of plumbers tape? You know the white stuff PTFE or teflon. I must have bought f*** knows how many rolls of that stuff & don't recall ever finishing one, it just disappears, I can never find a roll when I need it & end up buying more. I got so p****d off with this that I once bought a multipack, made no difference, still never finished one. And another thing, those little bits of plastic coated wire that come twisted around cables & such. Why can you never find one when you need one? I never throw them away because "they'll come in handy". WHERE DO THEY GO???? I have a theory but you'll laugh, I reckon they grow into coat hangers. It must be so, I keep finding wire coat hangers in the oddest places. There's one down behind the water treatment/softener thing, it wasn't there when I installed the unit, but I can see a bit of coat hanger sticking out from behind. How did it get there? Is there a coathanger fairy that flits around dropping the things off? Think I'll have another Scotch before bed. | ||
| Ulyranger |
I don't recall finishing an electricians roll of black tape either. Only about half of my duct tape rolls make to cardboard it seems, so must be the fairies know no boundaries. | ||
| Mtjm2 |
Thanks for shearing . Keep up the good work ! I think it might be the scotch ?  | ||
| Redefine420 |
HA! I can't believe how true that is. I bought a multipack and dispersed them in a few places that I use them, air tool bin, plumbing drawer etc and i'm pretty sure I'll never find them again. | ||
| Moxnix |
In Quebec, plumber's teflon tape is alway right where you look the first time and grows back to its original length in the darkness of the plumbing stuff drawer or toolbox. It's my observation, based on my experience, (that) the farther one lives from the nearest hardware store, the easier it is to keep track of odd bits. | ||
| Leftcoastal |
I finished one up just a few weeks ago. It was nearly a life-changing experience! I was totally stunned and amazed. I put the empty spool back with the dozen or so other ones, just to prove it happened. All that, with no adult beverages involved! I better pick up more, next time I'm at the hardware store - you never know with that stuff. It could suddenly all just vanish into that pesky teflon tape vortex. | ||
| Geforce |
Do you, or your neighbors happen to have any yard gnomes? I have a theory as well. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Yard gnomes? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/03/28/149 527448/lorax-statue-stolen-from-dr-seuss-garden-fa mily-hopes-for-its-return | ||
| Danger_dave |
Why is it? It's because you don't have your sh*t together. Get organised bwoy. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I don't think I've ever pulled an even number of socks from the drier. Same fairy? | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
That's an interesting theory DD, have you tested the hypothesis? We have 2 toilets in the house, perhaps if I use just one of them exclusively that'll solve the problem. But what will I do when I'm away? plastic bags? | ||
| Danger_dave |
The answer is.......wait for it.......wait for it......Peg board. | ||
| Crusty |
When you finally get all your sh*t together, what you have is a big pile of sh*t! | ||
| Slaughter |
John Roncz (Rutan's aero guru) had a theory of parallel universes that explained wire clothes hangers and solo socks: the universes intersect in the sock drawer and clothes closet. Hangers cross over and reappear at the intersection as socks. Socks cross over at the intersection and reappear as wire hangers. It's simply advanced physics or quantum theory - way over my head, not divine intervention as some might suppose. | ||
| Gunut75 |
I used to have a book that had a bunch of silly definitions in it. I think it was written by some of HBO early series' writers. It clearly defined the "HOZONE" as the place where one sock in every laundry load disappears to. Good place to start some research on these types of ...... um......"events". | ||
| Danger_dave |
Laundry humor cleans up. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Say that last one like Don Rickles | ||
| Kyrocket |
This is a funny thread. I, just Sunday night, pulled off the last of my duck tape and said to myself, "what self respecting man runs out of duck tape". I should have rolls upon rolls of the stuff. I do however know where the teflon is. Same thing for a roll of string. I've probably had that string for years, I know more than 13 because I had it before the marriage, and I still can't get my hand around it. It never runs out. | ||
| Danger_dave |
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| Etennuly |
DD, If I used peg boards to hold all of my shit, I would have to install more walls or page walls like a giant book  . Then I would have no room to work! AND there would be so many pages I would have to label them like a library. By the time I get that set up I will be too old to care, and certainly would have no more need for all of this crap. Teflon tape is cheap, it won't rot, if I find a roll I lost ten years ago I just consider it a good day!(not so with PVC glue though  ). | ||
| Pammy |
If you want to find your roll of tape...just buy another one. The original tape will then show up. | ||
| Gregtonn |
On day all those missing socks will be found on Mars, unfortunately they will all be the left footed ones. G | ||
| Gregtonn |
Oh and if you want to find your teflon tape, buy a roll of the cheap stuff that stretches into three feet of teflon string before it breaks. You will find that one every time no matter how many rolls of the good stuff you have. G | ||
| Danger_dave |
I wrote a long 'workshop organisation' diatribe for here, got distracted and left the page before I posted it. Gonezo. And *that* is what irony is. | ||
| Moxnix |
Today I switched out the kitchen faucet, third new one since moving in three years ago, for "she who must be obeyed." The teflon tape was right where it is supposed to be. BUT, the new Moen required NONE. Good grief, what's a chap have to curse about while crammed in the cabinet if there's no irritating drip on the forehead? At this rate, it may be the last roll of plumbing teflon I'll ever need.... | ||
| 2734 |
I firmly believe Teflon tape evaporates. Ive bought new rolls and put them in my tool box only to find them depleted when I return to use them and whats REALLY weird is it's in varying amounts. Same with black silicone, duct tape, super glue and especially my bag of Jolly Ranchers | ||
| Thumper74 |
2734, I have the same problem, minus the Jolly Ranchers... Hmm... I buy 4 packs of electrical tape and can never find it, same with zip ties, friction take and copper solvent. WTF. | ||
| Kyrocket |
"it may be the last roll of plumbing teflon I'll ever need...." If I've ever read a jinx, that would be it  | ||
| Moxnix |
I dunno. While returning it to it's assigned plastic storage bin, turned out another was in the back. I'm set. | ||
| Slaughter |
Heard a good one from a Friend's kid when we were all scarfing tortilla chips and salsa waiting for our Mexican food to arrive. Dad says, "Hey, slow down, your dinner is coming." Kid says, "OK, this will be my LAST chip" and he sets THAT chip down on the table and keeps eating chips from the bowl. |
